General Studies II

International institutions, agencies, fora: structure, mandate

International institutions, agencies, fora: structure, mandate

Reading pays off heavily. Little of this is settled in a standard text — most of it moves year to year.

• BRICS Summit
• G20 Summit
• Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit
• United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP)
• United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
• World Economic Forum (WEF)
• G20 Presidency of India
• Global Health
• Global Organizations
• Regional Organizations
• United Nations Peacekeeping
• World Trade Organization (WTO) Disputes

• UN FAO report on hunger shift to Africa 6/10

• Indian Constitution 01
• Union and States 02
• Separation of powers: dispute redressal mechanisms and institutions 03
• Comparison of Indian constitutional scheme with other countries 04
• Parliament and State legislatures 05
• Executive and Judiciary 06
• Representation of People’s Act: salient features 07
• Constitutional posts 08
• Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies 09
• Government policies and interventions 10
• Development processes and industry 11
• Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections 12
• Social Sector/Services: health, education, human resources 13
• Poverty and hunger: issues and management 14
• Governance 15
• Role of civil services in democracy 16
• India and its neighborhood: relations 17
• Bilateral, regional, global groupings and agreements: impact on India 18
• Policies and politics of developed and developing countries 19